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. . . when archeologist dig up and unlock computer data from our time, they'll come across a significant number of instances of "Lorem ipsum dolor . . . ". It will be found often enough to be deemed a very important tome and decades will be spent by hoards of scholars attempting to translate it.
As we'll be well composted by then, I'll enjoy my laugh now.
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You wait until they finish with that and try to make sense of Farcebook and Twatter! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I see your point but you forgot to take into account that the "Cause of the Great Fall and Return Into Darkness" - as those two are referred to, historically, after their merger and expansion to broadcast services, was well documented.
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"Fat" lot of good that will do! In fact, by comparison I prefer OG's connection to extinction.
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Actually, it's not that hard. "Lorem ipsum dolor . . . " - distorted version of Cicero book passage. It's Latin with deliberately made mistakes. 
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You'd think spellcheck or autocorrect would take care of that. 
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My Downloads directory, like all others is ordered by file name - that's just how I like it. But every so often when I go to view it, it has had its contents grouped by Date modified. So I reset to no grouping and it reverts to 'normal'. And then at some other random time after a download (but not always) it will be grouped again.
It is only mildly annoying but I wonder is it some feature that I am not aware of?
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following @KornfeldEliyahuPeter 's suggestion I googled and found this: Why does Windows groups Downloads files by date?[^].
Seems to be working ...
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modified 1hr 15mins ago.
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Same here, Microsoft knows what's best for you 
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Yup, it's REALLY annoying, and as you say: Every time you fix it, after some time, it reverts to date order.
I've Googled a lot but not found any lasting solution to it... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I had it... And done something (can't remember what) and it went away... What I do remember, is that I found it on the web...
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Your Google result is the generic response from EVERYBODY who has tried to solve this.
It works for some, but not for everybody... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Common, it's not that far, you can even see it from any point in the US
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Niemand25 wrote: you can even see it from any point in the US
Which is how I know it's closer to us than California is because you can't see California from where I am at.
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Quote: Aren't they _slightly_ out of their jurisdiction?
Nahhhh...
and I better don't answer what I would answer because I don't want to soapbox the lounge.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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No - not out of jurisdiction.
As first to set foot there, they own it.
Anyone who objects? Well they should have tried harder to get there first.
(so much whining - hey, world . . . suck it up)
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well said. 
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Try the homesteading principle.
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Greg Utas wrote: homesteading
One person's homesteader is another person's squatter.
If you go on vacation and someone "homesteads" your dwelling . . . ?
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The property has to be clearly abandoned.
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(11) Our instinct assembles command
SOLUTION:
Our instinct
assembles = (anagram indicator)
command = definition
instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside.
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs
# Stage 3:
# The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
# give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64
Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
modified 2hrs 20mins ago.
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You guys have too much time on your hands (but I like the idea !) 
Randor wrote: multiple steganographic clues
@Corinna-John, Corinna, where are you when we need you ?
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Randor wrote: You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside.
Doesn't work, Windows says it is not a valid zip.
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